possible OBLIVION mod, loosely inspired by Thief

Opal-Eyed Fan on 21/7/2009 at 13:20

Hi, it's been a long time since I posted about any progress here so here's the latest.

After getting the mansion and the prison done,
I set out to make some streets to fill in the gap between the mansion and the mountain prison.;)
Making these streets seem slightly interesting to pass through is proving to be quite a challenge,
and i'm in way over my head here creatively.:wot:

An unfortunate sideeffect is also that doing these streets are timeconsuming.
I'm only one person doing all of this so I'm dedicating most of my time off work to completing this mod.:angel:

Anyways, here are the new pics showing some of the streets and buildings I've been working on. :D

Once again I'd like to point out that everything ingame is very dark,
so these pics are very dark by default. However a few of them was brightended a little using Paint.

(http://img15.imageshack.us/img15/2650/street3i.jpg)
A pic from outside an appartement with a balcony.

(http://img404.imageshack.us/img404/341/street4.jpg)
pic from inside the appartement, you might notice I'm beeing chased by a hammerguard.

(http://img261.imageshack.us/img261/3674/houseint4.jpg)
(http://img339.imageshack.us/img339/7073/houseint5.jpg)
(http://img142.imageshack.us/img142/943/houseint6.jpg)
Here are some pics from a small inn.

(http://img443.imageshack.us/img443/2082/school.jpg)
Ok I decided to make something that ressembled a school:cool:

(http://img25.imageshack.us/img25/2894/street2b.jpg)
Overlooking the school from a nearby balcony.

(http://img404.imageshack.us/img404/6210/houseint7.jpg)
a bedroom somewhere

(http://img7.imageshack.us/img7/9317/houseint3.jpg)
an upperclass bedroom with a view to a back alley.

(http://img188.imageshack.us/img188/8536/houseint2.jpg)
poorpeople's sleeping arrangements

(http://img25.imageshack.us/img25/2589/houseint1.jpg)
another look at how poor people of this town lives and sleeps

(http://img443.imageshack.us/img443/9044/sleeping.jpg)
some fairly wealthy but modest people sleeping in front of their fireplace.

(http://img339.imageshack.us/img339/4420/scaling3.jpg)
Can you mantle up this wall by walking into it?

(http://img443.imageshack.us/img443/2722/scaling4.jpg)
yes you can. (no animation though, sorry. And it only works in special places that have been chosen by me.)

(http://img404.imageshack.us/img404/35/scaling1.jpg)
another wall you can get on top of simply by walking towards it.

(http://img339.imageshack.us/img339/6963/scaling2.jpg)
tadaHHH!:cheeky:

(http://img263.imageshack.us/img263/2045/streetview2.jpg)
just an alley somewhere

(http://img263.imageshack.us/img263/7307/sneaking.jpg)
sneaking up on a hammer guard

(http://img263.imageshack.us/img263/9346/streetview.jpg)
a house opposite the "old Mansion"

(http://img443.imageshack.us/img443/2271/streetview3.jpg)
some windows can be opened

(http://img443.imageshack.us/img443/858/streetview4.jpg)
but you won't know which ones untill you try...

(http://img404.imageshack.us/img404/7424/view.jpg)
sometimes getting on top of things is a good strategy.

(http://img339.imageshack.us/img339/4302/gate1.jpg)
exploring the streets can lead you to this alley where there's a gate
leading to a small local hammer shrine.

(http://img26.imageshack.us/img26/5476/street1f.jpg)
some places gives you an opportunity to hide and get an overlook
of the situation.

(http://img26.imageshack.us/img26/5116/water1i.jpg)
here's the last pic for now, nice view of the water.

Cheers!

Lytha on 24/7/2009 at 12:04

I'd like to play this mod. It looks good! :D

Opal-Eyed Fan on 24/7/2009 at 20:11

Thank you Lytha, I hope you'll enjoy playing it. It's coming along nicely but I can't set a date yet for when it will be finished. But I'll pm you when I release it:D

Tiranasta on 25/9/2009 at 15:18

This looks very interesting, I've been looking for something like this.

Is this mod still being worked on?

Opal-Eyed Fan on 9/1/2010 at 01:33

Hi Tiranasta,
sorry.. had to take a break from mod'ing, had to focus all my attention towards getting myself married :cheeky:.
I'm back now:angel:

Working on various structures, things are moving along now at a steady pace.

Haven't shot any new pics yet, but I have these old ones showing off some clothes I've previously prepared for the mod;).

Inline Image:

http://img57.imageshack.us/img57/5239/ladyoutfit.jpg
A nice outfit for a lady

Inline Image:

http://img57.imageshack.us/img57/1993/ladyoutfit2.jpg

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Inline Image:

http://img80.imageshack.us/img80/253/femalethief8.jpg
Outfit for the female thief

Inline Image:

http://img80.imageshack.us/img80/2492/femalethief.jpg

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Inline Image:

http://img210.imageshack.us/img210/2456/thiefman.jpg
Outfit for the male thief

Inline Image:

http://img210.imageshack.us/img210/3635/thiefman2.jpg

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http://img57.imageshack.us/img57/2295/outfitbrown.jpg
Some plain clothes

Inline Image:

http://img57.imageshack.us/img57/716/outfitdark.jpg

I tried to make the thief outfits look cool, but ofcourse someone might rather be preferring the standard oblivion black robe of the dark brotherhood to the this stuff.

Well I could make pictures of the stuff that I'm working on right now, but Patience is a virtue:) so I'll save that for another update.

Nameless Voice on 9/1/2010 at 17:58

Isn't the visible glowing white skin a bit detrimental to stealth? ;)

(I hate excessive bloom that makes light-coloured things like pale skin glow like light sources)

Opal-Eyed Fan on 10/1/2010 at 00:34

I let the outfits show a little skin because I think sexy is cool:D

what you're saying is that letting people choose between a version of the outfit that show some skin and one that does not, might be a good idea.
Yeah I'll do that:D.

Nameless Voice on 10/1/2010 at 00:51

I was mostly just complaining about Oblivion's broken Bloom mechanics that make white-skinned peoples' skin glow, but yes, you should include a fully clothed version too.

Opal-Eyed Fan on 10/1/2010 at 02:33

really now problem for me to include two versions of the outfit:D
Oblivions bloom handling is awfull, yes;)

I gave in to the temptation of posting a few pics of what I've been up to these past few days after I picked up working on the mod again.
So here are two fresh sceenies.

Inline Image:

http://img697.imageshack.us/img697/2321/newwork.jpg
The entrance to some holy place I am in the middle of creating, the place is a bit original, and there will be dead guys walking about, making the place deadly:cheeky:

Inline Image:

http://img697.imageshack.us/img697/5069/newwork2.jpg
This picture is from todays work, and you can see from the empty space in the wall that the structure is a work in progress, it takes forever to come up with and create these things you know:angel:

That's all the pics for now then, Cheers!

~s:a:n:i:t:y~ on 13/1/2010 at 10:07

Amazing!:) If not for the UI I'd guess it isa screenie from Thief rather than Oblivion:D